Railway-tie.



No. 768,184. .PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904. v

Gr. H. KIMBALL & J. DOYLE.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED DEG. z. 190s.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESS-E5 UNITED STATES Patented August 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. KIMRALL, OE DETROIT, AND JOHN DOYLE, OE ,GRAND y RAPIDs,MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,184, dated .August23, 1904. Application led December 22, 1 903l Serial No. 186,218. (Nomodel.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. KIMBALL, residing at Detroit, in thecounty of Wayne, and JOHN DOYLE, residing at Grand Rapids, in the countyof Kent, State of Michigan, citizens of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

The Invention relates to railway-ties; and

it consists in the simple and peculiar construction of a tie of thischaracter, as will be more f ully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of our improved tie. Fig. 2 isa side elevation thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a section takenon line w of Fig. 1. Fig. i is a view of the tie in end elevation.

In the construction of our tie We employ,

preferably, two sleepers,ma'de,of cementitious material, A'and B. Theseare connected in axial alinement by a' tie member C. We preferablyemploy as the tie member a section of an ordinary rail and embed the endportions of the rail in the cement sleepers in the manner indicated. I

Arranged upon the upper faces of the sleepers and substantially coveringthe same are` within suitable openings G, within the blocks, and saidrecesses are countersunk to receive the nuts H.

To permit the rail to be secured to the tie described, wooden plugs, asI, are embedded in the cement sleepers in the manner indicated in Fig.2, the tops of the plugs extending flush with the upper surface of thesleeper. The usual spikes .I are driven within these plugs and clamp therail in place.

From the description of our improved tie it will beobserved that adurable and rigid structure is produced and one that may be manufacturedat slight cost.

What we claim as our invention isM l. A railway-tie comprising twoseparated cement sleepers, and a tie member therefor consisting of arail of ordinary construction embedded within the sleepers.

2. A railway-tie comprising two separated cement sleepers, and a tiemember therefor consisting of' a rail of ordinary construction embeddedwithin the sleepers below their tops.

3. A railway-tie comprising two separated Vcement sleepers, a tie membertherefor consisting of a rail of ordinary constructionern- .beddedwithin the sleepers below their tops,

cushioning-blocks upon the sleepers, bolts em-l bedded within thesleepers projecting upwardly therefrom through the cushioningblocks andwooden plugs also embedded in the sleepers'adapted to receive therail-spikes, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we aiiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE H. HIMEALL. JOHN DOYLE.

` Witnesses to the signature of George H. Kimball:

EMMA I. BARNES, H. C. SMITH. Witnesses to the signature of John Doyle:

E. W. TROY, JOHN W. DOYLE.

